Thursday, May 3, 2007

POLICE ATTACK NEWS MEDIA

Evicted
SEVERAL REPORTERS AND CAMERA OPERATORS WERE HURT BY POLICE WHILE COVERING THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS RALLY IN LA
... Wearing a press pass and holding a microphone, she turned around and told the officer, "Why did you hit me? I'm moving. I'm a reporter!"

Then the officer hit her on the left leg, knocking her to the ground and sending her cellphone flying.

"I was shocked, trying to scramble to my feet," she said. "At that point, I just started crying…. I just felt totally vulnerable.
Read more on that story, here.